Infiniti Poker Set to Go Live in February: Will Use Bitcoins for Americans

Written by:

Aaron Goldstein

Published on:

Jan/20/2013

A new online poker room is set to go live next month (February 2013). Infiniti Poker began beta testing in November and will open to the public, becoming the first Web card room offering both Bitcoins and other currencies.

Founder and CEO Michael Hajduk has partnered with a leading online Bitcoin wallet to create an interface that is “really friendly” with “quick payout times,” according to a PokerFuse.com interview conducted with Hajduk back in October.

“Because we’re using Bitcoin, we’re not using U.S. banks—it’s all peer-to-peer,” Hajduk told BusinessWeek.com in regard to fears over potentially breaking current US laws. “I don’t believe we’ll be doing anything wrong.

“In the worst case scenarion, if [the DOJ] seize our domain name your Bitcoin will be safe because there’s no central authority controlling the currency and thus it cannot be frozen by any third party.”

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